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Akhil S M

Senior Test Engineer | 4+ years | Automation & Manual Testing | Selenium - Java | Playwright - Javascript | OTT, Streaming | Sports Platforms | API(GraphQl and Rest API) | Agile |

Greater Bengaluru Area

4+ years of work experience

GlobalLogic
Jan 20251 yr 10 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Contributed to test planning and strategy for Eurosport, TNT Sports and Bleacher Report — covering test scope, priorities and sign-off criteria across release cycles Performed end-to-end QA for Sports application features on physical and virtual Android & iOS devices across functional and non-functional test areas Participated in client and stakeholder discussions at Warner Bros. Discovery to share test progress, risk areas and release readiness updates Supported and guided junior QA engineers on testing best practices, bug reporting standards and tool usage Involved in Accessibility testing and ensuring compliance across Sports platform releases Used Charles Proxy for network traffic analysis and data manipulation — intercepting HTTP/HTTPS requests and validating API payloads for streaming features Performed GraphQL API testing using Apollo server to validate query responses and ensure data integrity across Sports platform endpoints Currently learning Playwright with JavaScript for browser automation and analysing automation test results to identify failure patterns and report findings to the team
GlobalLogic
Jul 20231 yr 7 mosJan 2025

Bengaluru

Executed comprehensive test cycles for Discovery+ and HBO Max OTT player features including Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Functional and Re-Testing across 10+ physical and virtual devices Analysed application behaviour and diagnosed bugs in Discovery+ and HBO Max using ADB logcat and VS Code debugging tools Installed and configured app packages using ADB, VS Code, Neighborhood and Target Manager for test environment setup Documented and tracked defects end-to-end in Jira — from initial logging to verification and closure Participated in daily Agile standups and sprint planning, coordinating with remote Warner Bros. Discovery dev and QA teams Managed device provisioning and environment setup using ADB, Apple Configurator, Xcode and Target Manager
GlobalLogic
Dec 20227 mosJun 2023

Bengaluru

Identified test requirements from specification documents and created detailed test cases for regression suites Conducted UI testing and regression testing for patch releases, reporting defects with precise descriptions Applied knowledge of TCP/IP and call flows to validate network-level behaviour and client-server communication Collaborated with the development team to troubleshoot, track and verify bug fixes through to closure in Jira Prepared post-testing documentation including test reports and defect summaries
GlobalLogic
Jun 20226 moDec 2022

Bangalore

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Education

The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore

Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Engineering

The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore

20193 yrs2022

Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science

HPPC Government First Grade College, Challakere.

20163 yrs2019

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Senior Test Engineer | 4+ years | Automation & Manual Testing | Selenium - Java | Playwright - Javascript | OTT, Streaming | Sports Platforms | API(GraphQl and Rest API) | Agile |

About

Senior Test Engineer with ~4 years of experience in manual and automation testing, specializing in OTT and live sports streaming platforms. Currently working at GlobalLogic (Client: Warner Bros. Discovery), contributing to applications like HBO Max, Discovery+, Eurosport, and TNT Sports across Web, Android, iOS, and Living Room devices. Skilled in functional, regression, and exploratory testing, along with API validation using GraphQL, Postman, and Charles Proxy. I am actively building automation solutions using Playwright (JavaScript) and have hands-on experience with Selenium, BDD frameworks, and CI/CD tools. Passionate about improving test coverage, ensuring seamless user experiences during high-traffic events, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in Agile environments while mentoring junior QA engineers. let's connect! 📧 akhilsmclk@gmail.com

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Test Engineer at GlobalLogic, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Contributed to test planning and strategy for Eurosport, TNT Sports and Bleacher Report — covering test scope, priorities and sign-off criteria across release cycles Performed end-to-end QA for Sports application features on physical and virtual Android & iOS devices across functional and non-functional test areas Participated in client and stakeholder discussions at Warner Bros. Discovery to share test progress, risk areas and release readiness updates Supported and guided junior QA engineers on testing best practices, bug reporting standards and tool usage Involved in Accessibility testing and ensuring compliance across Sports platform releases Used Charles Proxy for network traffic analysis and data manipulation — intercepting HTTP/HTTPS requests and validating API payloads for streaming features Performed GraphQL API testing using Apollo server to validate query responses and ensure data integrity across Sports platform endpoints Currently learning Playwright with JavaScript for browser automation and analysing automation test results to identify failure patterns and report findings to the team

Test Engineer at GlobalLogic, Jul 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Executed comprehensive test cycles for Discovery+ and HBO Max OTT player features including Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Functional and Re-Testing across 10+ physical and virtual devices Analysed application behaviour and diagnosed bugs in Discovery+ and HBO Max using ADB logcat and VS Code debugging tools Installed and configured app packages using ADB, VS Code, Neighborhood and Target Manager for test environment setup Documented and tracked defects end-to-end in Jira — from initial logging to verification and closure Participated in daily Agile standups and sprint planning, coordinating with remote Warner Bros. Discovery dev and QA teams Managed device provisioning and environment setup using ADB, Apple Configurator, Xcode and Target Manager

Associate Test Engineer at GlobalLogic, Dec 2022 - Jun 2023 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Identified test requirements from specification documents and created detailed test cases for regression suites Conducted UI testing and regression testing for patch releases, reporting defects with precise descriptions Applied knowledge of TCP/IP and call flows to validate network-level behaviour and client-server communication Collaborated with the development team to troubleshoot, track and verify bug fixes through to closure in Jira Prepared post-testing documentation including test reports and defect summaries

Trainee Test engineer at GlobalLogic, Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mo, Bangalore

Education

Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Engineering, The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore

Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, HPPC Government First Grade College, Challakere.